Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-26
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GRlGssY AND THE GOV.
statement nelat,ve to the Relations

GRlGSBf AND IHE GOV.
A Statement Relative to the Relations
Between the Two. Gentlemen.
Sioux Falls Leader: From the be-
ginning OF the session to it's close, the
relation OF Councilman Grigsby and the
governor were made the subject Of con-
~tinuous discussion. There was really
nothing to Justify this prominence given
to it, and yet the matter is a verification
Of the old adage, that "where there IS
SO much smoke there must be some fre.n
AS in many cases, so in this, the smoke
Was much greater thar the AMOUNT of
fire justified. The history of the affair
is this:
Governor Church is o democrat, SEN
ator Grigsby is q Republican, the leg
~islatore of Dakota is o republican
body, in the house as A is to 4, in the
council as 81 10 to 3; unitedly as 65 is to
2, or 0 fraction over 9 to !. Mr.. Grigs-
by well knew the governor would favor
his W party and use the APP
pointive power to the advance
iaent OF demooratic interests. As q
republican, he wished to sustain his |
party, and knew if three fourths of the
legislature could be brought to share his
view, they had the numerical strength
to carry forward legislation despite tie
executive. They could not force the
governor to send in such nominations as
they might wish, but they had the
power to defeat his nominations, and in
that case the officers Their in
charge would retain their places. The
governor is not vested with the right of
removal. On the assembling of the leg
islature, he made no effort to organize
this republican brigade, for he quickly
saw that the local interests were such,
and the scramble for appropriations 80
great, that feality to the republican
party was with many an entirely eubor-
! dinate question, SO he abandoned the
scheme before it had begun. But he
made no secret that such were his sea-
timents. The newspaper men pining
under q death of sensational matter.
thought this undeyeloped and abandon
ed programme capable Of being worked
up 30 that notice might be called to their
writings, and in that spirit OF "nnthing
else to do gave prominence to the
plans OF MI. GrIgsby, comforting them,
and dressing them up every day in a
new suit of clothes. The gossippers,
and Office hunters about the Sheridan
House, whispered it, in all its last deyel-
opments, and not . few used il as o
key to unlock the g~nbernatorial ear, thus
to find o way to his hearing. These busy
= bodies were always assuring his excel
1 tlepcy, that they were defeating the ma
Il chinations of the terrible Griasby who
) was continuous plotting treason against
bis sovereign authority, and the ruin OF
the democratic party. All the while
GrIgsby was quietly attending to his
y daties as representative of the people,
SO much for the real facts OF the case.
As to the effects upon legislation. it ia
proper to remark, that no man in the
d. Legislature obtained 30 many favors from
the executive, as did Mr.. arigsby, and
no member was treated by Governor
. Church with greater consideration. 1t
Is safe to say there 10 no member of the
late assembly for whom his exoellency
holds greater respect than fox sthe gem
tleman from Minnehaha."
/ MIR. Grigsby obtained greater appror
prlations than any other member, his
excellency signing all the bills as they
| leame to him, while In almost every
other instance the governor returned
appropriation bills for amendments o.
one character or another. especially fol
: reduction. Every bill prepared by Mr.
4 Grigsby became q Law, except his elab,
crate bill On banking, which being SEN
d TO the governor at o late hour, he omit
!, ted to sign. The omission was the re
suit of an oversight not Intentional OF
! the part OF the governor.
AS to the appointments OF trustees Of th,
q p~enitentiaTy board and deaf mute school
> the governor did nos vary his rule from
the one laid down for his universal guild
!, lance in this class OF appointments. al
& named two republicans and three demo
Gratis. The republicans wero approved
q by Mr.. Grigsby, the democrats by tn.
!. governors party friends. Bot even il
K this the governor favored the membe
from Sioux Falls. by giving that gentle
mans city nine of the appointments on
{ Of the board Of ten, something that nc
!, other gentleman in the council secured
: Il well to mention these circumstance
: at this early day, leskthere may be som
Misunderstanding ia the future. Th'
= ~eovernor paid the gentleman from Siou,
/, Falls, the compliment OF being o mani,
and honorable opponent, expressing th
{ wish that he aight return to the councl
7. two years hence.